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When one deviates from his original consciousness, he loses the capacity to remember his previous position or recognize his present one. When remembrance is lost, all knowledge acquired is based on a false foundation. When this occurs, learned scholars consider that the soul is lost.
Our original consciousness is Krsna consciousness because we are part and parcel of Krsna. When this consciousness is misguided and one is put into the material atmosphere, which pollutes the original conscio
nirodho 'syanusayanam
atmanah saha saktibhih
muktir hitvanyatha rupam
sva-rupena vyavasthitih
nirodhah -- the winding up of the cosmic manifestation; asya -- of His; anusayanam -- the lying down of the purusa incarnation Maha-Visnu in mystic slumber; atmanah -- of the living entities; saha -- along with; saktibhih -- with the energies; muktih -- liberation; hitva -- giving up; anyatha -- otherwise; rupam -- form; sva-rupena -- in constitutional form; vyav
avataranucaritam
hares casyanuvartinam
pumsam isa-kathah prokta
nanakhyanopabrmhitah
avatara -- incarnation of Godhead; anucaritam -- activities; hareh -- of the Personality of Godhead; ca -- also; asya -- of His; anuvartinam -- followers; pumsam -- of the persons; isa-kathah -- the science of God; proktah -- is said; nana -- various; akhyana -- narrations; upabrmhitah -- described.
sthitir vaikuntha-vijayah
posanam tad-anugrahah
manvantarani sad-dharma
utayah karma-vasanah
sthitih -- the right situation; vaikuntha-vijayah -- the victory of the Lord of Vaikuntha; posanam -- maintenance; tat-anugrahah -- His causeless mercy; manvantarani -- the reign of the Manus; sat-dharmah -- perfect occupational duty; utayah -- impetus to work; karma-vasanah -- desire for fruitive work.
bhuta-matrendriya-dhiyam
janma sarga udahrtah
brahmano guna-vaisamyad
visargah paurusah smrtah
bhuta -- the five gross elements (the sky, etc.); matra -- objects perceived by the senses; indriya -- the senses; dhiyam -- of the mind; janma -- creation; sargah -- manifestation; udahrtah -- is called the creation; brahmanah -- of Brahma, the first purusa; guna-vaisamyat -- by interaction of the three modes of nature; visargah -- re-creation; paurusah -- resul
A well-known speaker started off his public speech in a strange manner – by holding up a Rupee 1000 Note! Holding up the Note high in the air in one of his hands, he addressed the curious audience, "Who would like this Rupee 1000 Note?"
With great cheers almost all of them raised their hands with the shout, "I want it", "I want it”!! He said, "Oh! That’s nice. Well, I am going to give this Note to one of you... But, first let me do this." Then, he crumpled the Note in his hands vigorously & n
Every journey, however long it may be, begins with a single step. But you must take that first step. Once you do, each step takes you closer and closer to your goal.
Sometimes, when you consider taking on a new venture – whether it’s writing a book, beginning a new project, or anything else – the task can seem overwhelming. It’s as though you’ll never be able to arrive at your final destination, as if the first step isn’t going to help. When you look too far out toward the horizon, it can seem to
Hare Krishna Matajis and Prabhujis
Personally we are all eternal part and parcel of Lord Radha Krishna.
The thought which comes to my mind sometimes as I am in Krishna consciousness is if I could become God.
I sincerely and seriously pray to Lord Radha Krishna please make me so humble that I always remember I am a servant of the servant of the servant of the maidservantsof Lord Radha Krishna.
Never I want to think of being Lord or God as I feel I am humilating Lord Radha Krishna by thinking this al
When it rains, the water that comes from the sky is crystal clear. But when it comes on to ground it becomes full of mud. My question is what is the nature of water? Is it clear or is it muddy? It’s clear, but when it is mixed with other things then it appears muddy. In truth it is always pure. We simply have to separate what is water and what is not. That is the process of filtration. When we filter water, all of the dirt is in the filter and the water is again in its clear state, pure state.
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In yet another in a spate of deadly earthquakes around the world, a gigantic 9.0 magnitude quake struck 81 miles off the coast of Japan, triggering 33 foot high tsunami waves that caused massive destruction along the country’s coastline.
The Japanese National Police Agency has officially confirmed 5,692 deaths, 2,409 injured, and 9,522 people missing across the country, with the coastal city of Sendai, Miyagi near the epicenter the worst affected.
The cities of Osaka and Tokyo, where ISKCON templ
An incredible 4,000 devotees—hailing from India, England, Uganda, and across Kenya—are expected to attend the opening of the New Dwarikadham complex in Mombasa, Kenya from April 9th to 13th this year.
During the five-day festival, the Deities of Sri Sri Rukmini Dwarikadhish will be moved from their old temple in the Ganjoni area of Mombasa, and new Deities of
Sri Sri Sita Rama Lakshman and Hanuman will be installed with them.
The new complex is named not only after its worshipable Lords, but also
An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northeast Japan spawned a ferocious tsunami that's caused massive destruction; flattening whole cities, starting raging fires, and killing hundreds. Nearly 88,000 people are reported missing, according to the official Kyodo news agency.
"The Tokyo ISKCON Center and Govinda`s Restaurant did not get impacted - says Sanjay Krishnacandra Das, Tokyo Krishna-devotee - apart from some cracks on the walls, there was no substantial damage."
The 30 temple residen
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jagur. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no Childern appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up a
Message from Radhikapati Prabhu, Please forward the same to all your contacts...
We would like to invite you to our biggest events on 26th March, 2011 where over 1,00,000 people will congregate for the Festival of Chariots at Shivaji Park, Dadar (west), Mumbai organized by young professionals of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). These professionals take three to four weeks off every year from work to organize this festival. ISKCON is proud of its young force which is happ
Sri Gaura Purnima festival, an appearance day of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was celebrated by ISKCON, Ludhiana in open ground beautifully decorated with lights and flowers near the temple. A large number of people including political, religious enthusiastically participated in the festival. Deities Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baldeva and Subhadra and Sri Sri Gaur Nitai look very beautiful in their colorful dress.
Harinama sankirtan was recited by devotees of ISKCON,Kurukshetra and from local temple.HG Saks
Saturday March 26th marks the 3rd Annual Boat Festival in Yamuna organized by ISKCON Vrindavan! The annual boat festival in the temple courtyard will be on Monday 28th March. Every year thousands of devotees come to Mayapur for the Holy Appearance Day of the Golden Avatar of Krishna Prema Sri Krishna Caitany Mahaprabhu. Afterwards many of these devotees come for wonderful parikramas of Braja Dhama. Taking advantage of their auspicious presence, for many years we have been organizing the Boat Fe