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KRISHNA IS LET DOWN

Posted by geeta kakkar on October 29, 2010 at 3:30pm

KRISHNA IS LET DOWN
Taken from the book "The butter thief"

Now Krishna became somewhat bigger. One day Yasoda told Him, “It’s your birthday today. Go and bring a female calf here, and worship her.“ Krishna became so happy. He went out and chose a very beautiful she-calf, who was as snow-white as a swan.

The calf was very healthy, and stout and strong, and was jumping here and there. Krishna wanted to catch her, but He couldn't, because she was jumping so much. After a great struggle, He managed to

WHAT PRICE FREEDOM?

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 29, 2010 at 10:41am

We all want our freedoms, but it seems they are not so free. Recent figures reveal that the cost of freeing Iraq and hopefully the rest of us from tyrants and terrorists is well over one trillion dollars and rising. Then there is the grisly cost of casualties, over ninety thousand dead and innumerable others injured.

That is just one war among so many, all fought with the hope of gaining or preserving someone’s freedom. But even in peacetime we still have to pay for freedom. To be free to walk th

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Offer a Lamp in Karthik month

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on October 29, 2010 at 9:16am

Karthik Masa or Damodar month is beginning from Oct 22nd 2010. Please read the glories of this month and take time to offer lamp to Krishna in this auspicious month. We will be offering lamps to the lord every evening after 6.30 pm arti in the CHANDIGARH Hare Krishna Dham, Sector 36-B, everyday till 21 Nov 2010, which is the last day of the Damodar month. Please come and join us for one of most beautiful offering to Krishna, (but if u cannot make it to temple, please offer a lamp with prayers to

One must become a servant of the holy name

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 28, 2010 at 4:54pm

“In the spiritual world the Absolute is always Absoute; the name, form, quality and pastimes of the Absolute are all as good as the Absolute Himself. As such, one is understood to be an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If he considers himself an eternal servant of the holy name and in this spirit distributes the holy name to the world. One who chants in this spirit, without offenses, is certainly elevated to the platform of understanding that the holy name and the Personali

The process of chanting is very simple

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 28, 2010 at 4:51pm

“This process of hari-kirtana is very simple: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Actually there are only three words: Hare, Krishna, and Rama. But they are very nicely arranged for chanting so that everyone can take the mantra and chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Since we have started this movement in the Western countries, Europeans, Americans, Africans, Egyptians, and Japanese are all chanting. There

Krishna’s Flute

Posted by Benu Aggarwal on October 28, 2010 at 10:51am

Krishna’s Flute

There are three kinds of flutes used by Krsna.

One is called venu,

one is called murali,

and the third is called vamsi.

Venu is very small, not more than six inches long, with six holes for whistling.

Murali is about eighteen inches long with a hole at the end and four holes on the body of the flute.This kind of flute produces a very enchanting sound.

The vamsi flute is about fifteen inches long, with nine holes on its body.

Krsna used to play on these three flutes occasionally when the

THE ENEMY WITHIN

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 28, 2010 at 9:44am

The recent suicide attacks in London were a crime not just against humanity,
but against God and indeed life itself. Human life is a gift from God for us
to achieve life’s perfection and go back to him. No one has the right to
maliciously destroy that gift, especially in God’s name.

But in truth life itself cannot be destroyed. We are eternal spiritual souls
inhabiting material temporary bodies. We are not destroyed when the body is
killed. The Bhagavad-gita says, "For the soul there is neither birth

9 Instructions by Bhismadeva

Posted by audarye on October 27, 2010 at 4:46pm

Bhismadeva advised for all human beings nine qualifications:

1. Not to become angry
2. Not to lie
3. To equally distribute wealth
4. To forgive
5. To beget children only by one’s legitimate wife
6. To be pure in mind and hygienic in body
7. Not to be inimical toward anyone
8. To be simple
9. To support servants or subordinates.

Bhismadeva also advices this:

To get freedom from anger, one should learn how to forgive.
To be free from unlawful desires one should not make plans.
By spiritual culture one is

Froth on the Seawater

Posted by Tanumadhya Dasa on October 27, 2010 at 4:00pm

Froth on the Seawater

samudrera phena yena ksane srsti-layamayara samsare khela sei-bhave haya

"The froth on the seawater arises one moment and disappears the next; the play of maya's worldly illusion is exactly like that."

keha nahe pita-mata atmiya-svajana...saba-i phenara mata thake alpa-ksana

"No one is actually a mother or father, a family member or relative. Everyone is just like the froth on the seawater, existing for only a moment."

samudrera phena yemana samudre misayapanca-bhutera deha

Story of Lord Krishna

Posted by geeta kakkar on October 27, 2010 at 2:50pm

Story of Lord Krishna - SRIMAD BHAGAVATA by Krsna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

The Reunion

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1. When the gopis saw that their dearmost Krsna had returned to them, they all stood up at once, and out of their affection for Him their eyes bloomed wide. It was as if the air of life had reentered their bodies.

2. One gopi joyfully took Krsna’s hand between her folded palms, and another placed His arm, anointed with sandalwood paste, on her shoulder.

3. A slender gopi respectfully took in her joined hands the betel nut

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Aindra Prabhu's name plate

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on October 26, 2010 at 8:00am

Aindra Prabhu’s nameplate at ISKCON Krishna Balaram Mandir. Two nameplates have been engraved. One in English and Hindi.

Thank you.

Your Servant,
Yudhistir Govinda Das

http://www.dandavats.com/?p=8963

----- BATTLE WITH IDENTITY AND INDEPENDENCE -----

Posted by Vandana Goel on October 25, 2010 at 8:00pm

Battle with identity

and independence

As a senior secondary teacher of a public school, I realized that the biggest conflict that the adolescents of modern era face today is of “identity crises”. A lot of these adolescents are rejecting their culture as old fashioned ideas and would rather adapt to the ways of the west.

These young adults living in ignorance are mostly misbehaved. The reasons being they go to bed late, awake late, watch violent and sexual movies and are surrounded by lust and fig

Contemplation on The Duties of of a Vaisnava devotee, a Servant of Sri Gouranga and Sri Nityananda.

Posted by Tanumadhya Dasa on October 25, 2010 at 2:30pm

The Duties of of a Vaisnava devotee, a Servant of Sri Gouranga and Sri Nityananda.

To Serve the Spiritual Master, the Bona fide Representative of the Lord who has dedicated his Life to the Order of His predecessor Acaryas to Fulfill the Desire of the Lord that all the conditioned living entities should be Delivered through the Mercy of His holy Names.
To go about your activities of Daily Maintenance of your life and responsibilities and spread the Rays of the benediction Moon of Lord Caitanya.
Gree

THE RUNAWAY CALF

Posted by geeta kakkar on October 25, 2010 at 12:38pm

THE RUNAWAY CALF
Taken from the book "The butter thief"

One day a gopi told Mother Yasoda, “Today, I caught your son Krishna red-handed, with His hand right in a pot of
butter. I asked Him, ‘Why have you come here? Did You come to steal butter?’ “‘No, no mother! I was searching for My calf. I was playing with him today, and he ran away. So I followed him, but he jumped into this pot.’
“‘Oh, your calf has jumped in this pot, has he?’ “‘Yes, Mother’, Your son replied very innocently, and when He pulle

Hari Bol!

Posted by Raghupati Raghav Das on October 25, 2010 at 10:30am

पाँच पहर धन्धे गया, तीन पहर गया सोय ।

एक पहर हरि नाम बिन, मुक्ति कैसे होय

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Srila Prabhupada's challenge: devotee-preachers surpass yogis

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on October 25, 2010 at 8:30am

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 1, 1973, and I am very glad to hear from you the wonderful news of travelling party inEngland. I think the people of that place are becoming more and more
inclined for this Krishna Consciousness movement, they are inviting you to stay at their houses, they are taking books, becoming sometimes devotees -- all of these are very encouraging signs to me. If you simply go on in this way, stopping in every village and city of England-Scotland, o

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

Posted by geeta kakkar on October 24, 2010 at 2:52pm

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara) - Meherana-gaon

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Once, Yasoda-maiya and child Krsna came to the house of Abhinandana, Yasoda-maiya's elder brother-in-law. After dinner, Yasoda-maiya sat on the bed lulling Krsna to sleep in her lap. "Maiya, please tell a story," Krsna said. Yasoda proceeded to narrate a story as Krsna nodded and murmurred, "Yes, yes."

Yasoda said," Once there was a king named Dasaratha. He had four sons- Rama, Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna. Rama married Janaki, the dau

LOVE IS NOT LOVE…

Posted by Mayapur Vasi Das on October 23, 2010 at 10:30am

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Perhaps one of the most poignant sufferings in society is the failure of human relationships. Recent government statistics reveal that some fifty percent of marriages are ending in divorce. Every day four thousand children call the charity Childline for help. All around us we can all see so many examples of strained and collapsed relationships, possibly even in our own lives. We so much want to enjoy our relationships, but so often they become instead the cause of our greatest pain.

What is the

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Krishna Often Surprises Us

Posted by Pusta Gopika Devi Dasi on October 23, 2010 at 8:30am

With the devotees from the San Diego temple I was distributing books at a table at Mesa College recently when a person who was apparently a rabbi came over and began looking at the pictures I had on display --
the famous picture of the man with a cow's head about to slaughter a cow with a man's head, along with a reincarnation picture and a meditation picture. As he studied the pictures I thought, "What's going to come
of this? Is he going to tell me how far I am from the truth and make a scene, o

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KRISHNA IS LET DOWN

WHAT PRICE FREEDOM?

Offer a Lamp in Karthik month

One must become a servant of the holy name

The process of chanting is very simple

Krishna’s Flute

THE ENEMY WITHIN

9 Instructions by Bhismadeva

Froth on the Seawater

Story of Lord Krishna

Aindra Prabhu's name plate

----- BATTLE WITH IDENTITY AND INDEPENDENCE -----

Contemplation on The Duties of of a Vaisnava devotee, a Servant of Sri Gouranga and Sri Nityananda.

THE RUNAWAY CALF

Hari Bol!

Srila Prabhupada's challenge: devotee-preachers surpass yogis

Sri Radhe-Krsna's playful pastimes (vihara)

LOVE IS NOT LOVE…

Krishna Often Surprises Us

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