When difficulties come, instead of blaming the circumstances & situations if we are just thankful to God, then we can achieve supreme liberation - South India Yatra, 2010.
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Hare KrishnaConfidence: You have something to offer to this world. Even if your presentation is full of flaws, still the world will benefit.
Learn: Accept what you lack. Appreciate what others have and give them credit for it.
Pray: Krsna is the actual doer, you are nothing but an instrument in His hands. Therefore, pray to Him that He uses you. When He does, those who have the eyes to see will look at you with the deepest admiration, yet you will feel that you are totally undeservi
I wish to share the wonderful lecture delivered by His Divine Grace Purushottam Swamy Maharaj at ISKCON, Perambur Temple, Chennai on 16.01.2011.
What is Maya?
One day, Narada Muni visits Vishnu Lok to inquire Lord Vishnu “What is Maya”?
Lord Vishnu tells Narada that he will explain “What is Maya” by having a walk in a garden.
While having a walk, Narada feels very thirsty and requests Vishnu that he will first quench his thirst so that he can listen to Vishnu with more attentively about “What i
I wish to share the wonderful lecture delivered by His Divine Grace Purushottam Swamy Maharaj at ISKCON, Perambur Temple, Chennai on 16.01.2011.
Difference between Gyan & Vigyan
A man suffering from severe stomachache due to severe hungry and other acidity problems. He feels relaxed pressing his stomach to a pillar by hugging the pillar. But the moment he leaves the pillar, he starts getting the pain.
A stranger seeing the suffering of other person; offers some eatables to eat so that the ot
It's worth paying extra for organic milk. . . not just for your health but for the sake of the cows
By Alex Renton
Last updated at 9:38 AM on 19th January 2011
Can It be worth paying the extra for a pint of organic milk? The difference may be only nine pence, but an average family drinks 12 or so pints a week. In a year, that adds up to £56.
So, over the time your children live at home you could pay for a holiday or two simply by sticking to ordinary milk. No one will notice the
- As a leader, you can help create an atmosphere where people begin to experience the higher pleasures.
- Seek positive lessons inherent in apparently negative events.
- As you seek the common denominator, look for how a higher good can come out of each situation, and take steps to make it happen.
- Everything is available to you if you connect properly.
- Always examine each situation carefully in order to gain the maximum benefit from each interaction.
- If people do not move to a deeper level, they will remai
The Guru is the veritable physical manifestation of God and the seeker of Truth should have a total faith and surrender in the saving grace of the Guru. A word from him is a word from God. His very company is self-illumination. We must remember that, three things, devotion, faith and surrender are essential for any progress. Having a strong devotion, faith and surrender towards the Guru, the spiritual seeker will be able to establish a strong spiritual connection with the Guru’s Light, evolv
"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"
Krishna is not pleased just by concentration ……………….Nectarean Mellows
According to Srimad Bhagavatam Krishna is the center. Krishna is the subject on the objects. Krishna is the subject and everything within creation is object for His satisfaction, for His enjoyment. Let my happiness be His happiness. Srila Prabhupada said that 99% of our advancement is thro
"G u r u m u k h p a d m a v a k y a"
Krishna should be pleased to hear us chanting ……………….Nectarean Mellows
When we have this quality of trinadapi sunicena taroriva sahisnuna amanina mandena kirtaniya sada Hari -when we are actually in our life be humble, tolerant, forgiving, and really eager to keep Krishna in the center of our life, when we offer all respects to others and not demand or expect for oneself
People wants diamonds, pearls, rubies, emeralds; but they cannot save us from old age, disease & death. What we require is loving service for HIM.
INVITATION TO AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT
Dear Disciples, followers and well-wishers of Srila Prabhupada,
2011 is a special time for all members of Srila Prabhupada's Australian
Family.
It marks a milestone in the history of the Krishna Consciousness Movement that began back in 1971, when we were all in the prime of our youth. 2011 marks the 40th Anniversary of Prabhupada's arrival in Australia, and 40 years since Australia's first Deities - Radha Gopinatha - were lovingly carried across the Pacific in
(Taken from the book Sri Bhajana Rahasya)
The Visnu-rahasya states:
yad abhyarcya harim bhaktya
krte kratu-satair api
phalam prapnoty avikalam
kalau govinda-kirtanat
Whatever fruit can be obtained in Satya-yuga by devoutly performing austerities and so on for hundreds of years, can be obtained in the age of Kali simply by chanting the names of Sri Govinda.
satya-yuge sata sata yajne haryarcana
kalite govinda-name se phala-arjana
“The result received in Satya-yuga by meditation on Bhagav
Dear Gurudev,
I wish that with your divine nectar,
Grow like a gigantic Banyan tree and spread my roots deep into Krishna Consciousness,
Be like a Jasmine, spreading fragrance of Krishna Consciousness to one and all
Be like a cow, eating grass(for survival) and give the Best to all and be the most Dear one to Krishna….
Be like a Lotus, taking the worst and give the best, remain uncontaminated even though living in the contaminated world, becoming qualified for offering to the feet of God,
Be
manah-samharanam saucam maunam mantrartha-cintanam
avyagratvam anirvedo japa-sampatti-hetavah
"In order to perfect one's chanting of japa, one needs to cultivate the following qualities:
control of the mind,
internal and external purity,
silence,
contemplation of the mantra's meaning,
patience,
and steadfastness." (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 17.129)
Here manah-samharanam means to repeatedly bring the mind back when it wanders to sense objects.
Avyagratva means that one should not rush one's chanting in order to
Krishna-shaktir astu te!
Dear Devotees,
Jaya Srila Prabhupada. On the last day of 2010, I wish you all a wonderful Krishna conscious 2011. For me, the greatest and most inspiring challenge in the coming year is to strengthen ISKCON in the western world.
When I joined the movement in 1969, ISKCON seemed like a North American movement with branches in Europe, Australia and East Asia.
In 1970 Srila Prabhupada dramatically established ISKCON in India. The movement also spread throughout East and
Relationships
The modes of ignorance is actually affecting our behaviour and it is very difficult in the association of the vaisnavas to learn how to behave properly. But this is exactly what we have to learn. We have to truly become favourably disposed to everyone That is when we see great personalities - that is their nature. They are favourably disposed to everyone, and you see someone like Prabhupada - even he could chastise someone, but they still felt that actually he is very very merciful
"I mediate on Shri Shri Radha and Govinda, who sit on an effulgent throne underneath a desire tree in a temple of jewels in Vrindavana. They are being served by Their most confidential associates, the gopis."
"I meditate on the supreme Lord, Shri Krishna, who possesses beautiful lotus eyes, whose color is that of a new cloud, whose clothes are like lightning, who possesses two arms and a beautiful forest garland, and whose hand is indicating divine knowledge by ex
Next month marks the auspicious 8th Anniversary of Vrinda Kunda Temple opening! To celebrate we are organizing special parikramas to the Holy Places of Braja, culminating with our famous Kalash Yatra, an ecstatic Sankirtan procession with the ladies carrying water pots with coconuts on their heads. Programs will be going on from 15-27 Feb with the main parikrama days between 19 and 26.
Last year there was Purusottama Month, so all the festival dates are late this year and the Vrindavan Festival a
