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SCHIZOPHRENIA is a mental disorder characterized by a disconnection between one’s thoughts, feelings and actions. ‘Skhizo’, in Greek, means split and ‘phren’ means mind – the mind is split between discordant thoughts, emotions and activities. Victims ofschizophrenia show some common traits – mistrust, suspicion, lack of reasoning power and selfish tendencies!
Once, the proud and evil-minded Kamsa willingly undertook to escort his newly wedded s
na tv evaham jatu nasam
na tvam neme janadhipah
na caiva na bhavisyamah
sarve vayam atah param
[Bg. 2.12]
"Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be."
Prabhupada: This is a very important verse. The modern scientists, philosophers, they say that after finishing this body, we no more exist, finished, everything finished. Thi
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The yoga practitioner should be determined and should patiently prosecute the practice without deviation. One should be sure of success at the end and pursue this course with great perserverance, not becoming
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A demoniac person, being always against God's supremacy, does not like to believe in the scriptures. He is envious of both the scriptures and of the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is caused
quality -- faithfulness. And he told me a story about a man, a dog and a
baby: The man had to leave his house for a few minutes, so he placed his
baby on a bed and left his dog in the room to guard it. When he returned a
short while later, the room was empty. He was horrified to find a trail of
blood leading out into the garden. Following it, he suddenly came upon the
dog running out from the bushes, its mout
Prabhupada said the main thing is that they may not live with their wife and they must attend our programs. "Retirement does not mean everything nil. It means to retire from material life to increase spiritual life." He offered his own example of becoming more and more active in preaching work after his retirement. So anyone who wishes to come and l
dharmasya daksa-duhitary ajanista murtyam
narayano nara iti sva-tapah-prabhavah
drstvatmano bhagavato niyamavalopam
devyas tv ananga-prtana ghatitum na sekuh
dharmasya -- of Dharma (the controller of religious principles); daksa -- Daksa, one of the Prajapatis; duhitari -- unto the daughter; ajanista -- took birth; murtyam -- of the name Murti; narayanah -- Narayana; narah -- Nara; iti -- thus; sva-tapah -- personal penances; prabhavah -- strength; drstva
aham bhavo yajna ime prajesa
daksadayo ye bhavad-adayas ca
svarloka-palah khagaloka-pala
nrloka-palas talaloka-palah
gandharva-vidyadhara-caranesa
ye yaksa-raksoraga-naga-nathah
ye va rsinam rsabhah pitrnam
daityendra-siddhesvara-danavendrah
anye ca ye preta-pisaca-bhuta-
kusmanda-yado-mrga-paksy-adhisah
yat kinca loke bhagavan mahasvad
ojah-sahasvad balavat ksamavat
sri-hri-vibhuty-atmavad adbhutarnam
tattvam param rupavad asva-rupam
aham -- myself (Brahmaji);
But Prabhupada told him, "No, why? Krsna book must be there, in the book must be there. But you should go gradually. You first of all understand Krsna, then Krsna-lila. If you have not understood Krsna, then you'll think Krsna's rasa-lila is just like we mix with young women, and that becomes as polluted. Because they do not u
Prabhupada took his walk on the roof again this morning. When Dr. Patel arrived, they sat for a while in the open air and discussed vairagya, detachment. Prabhupada told him that if one has bhakti, detachment automatically comes. "Now, 'I have got some bhakti and some material desire also.' That is not bhakti; that is markata-vairagya [monkey renunciation]. That does not mean that I shall stop bhakti. No, you take bhakti to the regulative principle, the
We discussed whether Srila Prabhupada should have a body guard, debating
Bell Is Mightier Than The Bomb!
"One time Prabhupada was saying that the 'BELL' of the priest in the temple, when he performs the arati ceremony ringing the bell, that bell is more powerful than the nuclear weapon...the atomic bomb, because the bomb will blow up people's bodies and destroy vegetation and will make a hole in the ground and everything. But the bomb doesn't change spiritually, the situation that's happening with any of those souls, with any of those spiritual beings! Again they stil