The vice-chancellor of Benares Hindu University, a very famous man of his time named Madan Mohan Malaviya, went to the Gaudiya Math with some intricate, philosophical questions to present to Sarasvati Thakura, who said: "I won't answer you, but you should ask the devotees who are washing the arati paraphernalia." The scholar then said: "No, I am asking very difficult questions about Vedanta. They won't be able to answer!" Sarasvati Thakura, however, insisted that he go and ask the
All Posts (35041)
Sort by
The vice-chancellor of Benares Hindu University, a very famous man of his time named Madan Mohan Malaviya, went to the Gaudiya Math with some intricate, philosophical questions to present to Sarasvati Thakura, who said: "I won't answer you, but you should ask the devotees who are washing the arati paraphernalia." The scholar then said: "No, I am asking very difficult questions about Vedanta. They won't be able to answer!" Sarasvati Thakura, however, insisted that he go and ask the
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.14 Summary
The direct meaning of the forest of material existence is given in this chapter. Merchants sometimes enter the forest to collect many rare things and sell them at a good profit in the city, but the forest path is always bedecked with dangers. When the pure soul wants to give up the Lord's service to enjoy the material world, Kṛṣṇa certainly gives him a chance to enter the material world. As stated in the Prema-vivarta: kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha hañā b
this age people are generally situated in the lower modes of passion
and ignorance and are lazy, misguided, disturbed, quarrelsome,
short-lived and unlucky. In these modes we are not able to serve
Krsna. It is our constitutional position to serve someone. If we are
not serving Krsna, we are serving maya. We may serve our family,
society, country, business, automobile or whatever. It is because
service is our nature. We are simply lackin
tokena jiva-haranam yad uluki-kayas
trai-masikasya ca pada sakato 'pavrttah
yad ringatantara-gatena divi-sprsor va
unmulanam tv itaratharjunayor na bhavyam
tokena -- by a child; jiva-haranam -- killing a living being; yat -- one which; uluki-kayah -- assumed the giant body of a demon; trai-masikasya -- of one who is only three months old; ca -- also; pada -- by the leg; sakatah apavrttah -- turned over the cart; yat -- one who; ringata -- while crawling;
TIRUMALA: Two of the laddu counters in the Laddu Prasadam Complex beside the Srivari temple on Tirumala were formally entrusted to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) today.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, with a view to streamlining the maintenance of the laddu counters which are being maintained by the TTD and banks, decided to avail the services of Iskcon and entrusted two counters to it on an experimental basis.
Only Iskcon’s volunteers will man the counters and is
If a devotee is doing a great deal of chanting, reading and glorifying Sri Krsna, but he is not following his gurudeva, what will be the result? It will be zero. This has been described in many places in sastra. Krsna
Himself has said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.19.21): “madbhakta-pujabhyadhika – the worship of My devotees is better than worship of Me.” He also says, “That person who says he is My devotee but who is not devoted to My devotee, is not My devotee at all.” Krsn
अंतिम इच्छा
----------------
उस रात
खोया था जब मै अपने मे
श्रीहरी आये मेरे सपने मे
पूछा
वत्स......
इच्छा क्या है तुम्हारी ?
नासमझ था
सोचा
सोचकर बताऊंगा
जल्दबाजी मे
गलत चीज
पा जाऊंगा
बोला
थोडा समय दीजिये प्रभु
श्रीहरी बोले
तथास्तु..........
उनके थोड़े समय में
मेरे कई जीवन निकल गए
जब तक गलती का आभास हुआ
राह से पैर फिसल गए
जय हो श्रीला प्रभुपाद
चखाया कृष्ण नाम का स्वाद
अब फिर से मेरी कोशिश है
की जब
श्रीहरी आये मेरे सपने मे
पाए मुझे
हरिंनाम जपने मे
----------------
उस रात
खोया था जब मै अपने मे
श्रीहरी आये मेरे सपने मे
पूछा
वत्स......
इच्छा क्या है तुम्हारी ?
नासमझ था
सोचा
सोचकर बताऊंगा
जल्दबाजी मे
गलत चीज
पा जाऊंगा
बोला
थोडा समय दीजिये प्रभु
श्रीहरी बोले
तथास्तु..........
उनके थोड़े समय में
मेरे कई जीवन निकल गए
जब तक गलती का आभास हुआ
राह से पैर फिसल गए
जय हो श्रीला प्रभुपाद
चखाया कृष्ण नाम का स्वाद
अब फिर से मेरी कोशिश है
की जब
श्रीहरी आये मेरे सपने मे
पाए मुझे
हरिंनाम जपने मे
color:maroon"">Question: Is Pure Enjoyment Possible or Impossible?
Is pure enjoyment possible or impossible in this material world? Is the struggle for survival compulsory?
Avinash G.
color:maroon"">Answer: Pure Enjoyment is Possible in this World
color:maroon"">
Pure enjoyment is possible in this material world, only if one fully surrenders to Krishna. If one does so, he will no longer be pinched
by the struggle for existence. Even though he will continue working, his lifewill be transformed into a
He does not construct a big house.
Bhagavad-gita 12.13
A devotee who is not dependant on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Me.
TRANSLATION
PURPORT
Money may be offered to a devotee, but he should not struggle to acquire it. If automatically, by the grace of the Supreme, money comes to him, he is not agītāted. Naturally a devotee takes bath at least twice in a day and rises early in the
|
Prabhupada told him that by eating one is getting mercy. "Eating nobody will refuse. So by eating he is being favored by Krsna. This is the process. You understand Bengali? Krsna bado doyamoy, He's very merciful. Koribare jihva jay. We are accustomed to eat, go to the restaurant, go to the hotel, go to here and there, at home and so on. Sim
bhumeh suretara-varutha-vimarditayah
klesa-vyayaya kalaya sita-krsna-kesah
jatah karisyati jananupalaksya-margah
karmani catma-mahimopanibandhanani
bhumeh -- of the entire world; sura-itara -- other than godly persons; varutha -- soldiers; vimarditayah -- distressed by the burden; klesa -- miseries; vyayaya -- for the matter of diminishing; kalaya -- along with His plenary expansion; sita-krsna -- not only beautiful but also black; kesah -- with such hair
Taken from the book "The butter thief"
Sometimes, the cows would come into the cowherd town of Nandagrama, and stand waiting. Then Krishna and Baladeva used to go out, and lie down on the ground beneath them, and the cows udders would spontaneously pour milk into Their mouths. The cows would think, “If only Krishna were my son! Then I could give Him my milk, and show love and affection for Krishna.“ This mood was everywhere in Vraja.
Krishna and Baladeva grew up, and when They were
S.B. Canto 3 Ch 31. Lord Kapila's Instructions on the Movements of the Living Entities
· · · · ·
The Personality of Godhead said:
Under the supervision of the Supreme Lord and according to the result of his work, the living entity, the soul, is made to enter into the womb of a woman through the particle
of male semen to assume a particular type of body.
On the first night, the sperm and ovum mix, and on the fifth night the mixture ferments into a bubble. On the tenth night it develops into a
form like
color:maroon"">Question: Is Krishna (God) Male, Female, or Both?
In talking with friends about God, they struggle to understand when I refer to God as He. They believe that because everything comes from God then He must be a She also. They also find itextremely hard to refer to God as He due to past negative experiences growingup as Christians. They feel that referring to God as He does not liberate themas females. I'm not sure how to handle their objections.mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Rom
|
The sex pleasure enjoyed in their association.
In the rainy season, when the rivers swell and rush to the ocean, and as the wind blows the waves about, the ocean appears to be agitated. Similarly, if a person engaged in the mystic yoga process is not very advanced in spiritual life, he can be affected by the modes of nature and thus will be agitated by the sex impulse.
A person fixed in spiritual knowledge will not be attracted by the allurement of material nature in the form of beautiful women a
Prabhupada chuckled, hypothetically paraphrasing our parents: "'When you are older, you become a debauch -- but don't become now!' If it is a good thing, why older and younger?"
He said that such a reaction was natural. "These things are not good. They know it, but they are habituated. But they do not like that son should be habituated."
He turned to Gargamuni
vaksah-sthala-sparsa-rugna-mahendra-vaha-
dantair vidambita-kakubjusa udha-hasam
sadyo 'subhih saha vinesyati dara-hartur
visphurjitair dhanusa uccarato 'dhisainye
vaksah-sthala -- chest; sparsa -- touched by; rugna -- broken; maha-indra -- the King of heaven; vaha -- the conveyor; dantaih -- by the trunk; vidambita -- illuminated; kakup-jusah -- all directions thus being served; udha-hasam -- overtaken by laughter; sadyah -- within no time; asubhih -- by
