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Happy New Year to all the vaisanavas

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 31, 2010 at 11:20am

Recorded Speech to
Members of ISKCON London
—
Los Angeles, December 23, 1968

Prabhupāda:

ajñāna-timirāndhasya
jñānāñjana-śalākayā
cakṣur-unmilitaṁ yena
tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master, who has opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge in my material existence of darkness. Ladies and Gentlemen, please accept my greetings in the happy new year of 1969, and blessings of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for your kindly participating in this ha

S I N C E R I T Y

Posted by KOLLURU VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM on December 30, 2010 at 6:32pm

SINCERITY: Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Said "Don't try to see Krishna, but serve Krishna in such a way that HE wants to see you". Bodhamrit - 5

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Temple means an opportunity

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 2:01pm

The Four Kumaras, Sanaka-kumaradi, they were first of all
impersonalists, but after smelling the tulasi leaves which were
offered to the lotus feet of Visnu, they become personalists. So this
is an opportunity. If anyone comes, smells the flowers and the tulasi
offered to Krsna, tastes the prasada, and sees the Lord's form, in
this way he develops Krsna consciousness. So this is opportunity.

This temple means an opportunity, a process, a simple process. Not
simple for ordinary man, but actually it is s

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That is the philosophy

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:58pm

That is the philosophy.

The aim is to satisfy Visnu. We should always remember this fact, that we are eternally servant, part and parcel of Krsna, or Visnu. As I have given many times the example, there are so many parts of the body, but what are they meant for? To satisfy the belly. You are walking, you are catching, you are thinking, you are doing so many things -- what is the aim? The aim is satisfy the stomach. You cook, you earn hard money, and then you purchase goods and cook nicely and p

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Why Does the Gita Encourage Violence?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:57pm

Why Does the Gita Encourage Violence?

Sometimes people ask, "The Gita tells Arjuna to not hesitate in killing his relatives because for the soul there is no death. Will this logic not become a license for all murderers to justify their crimes?"

In the Gita, Lord Krishna gives the knowledge of the soul, not to encourage unnecessary violence, but to guide all aspects of human behavior, including the enlightened application of violence. Violence in itself is not bad; it depends on who is involved an

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Modern day cities ...

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:56pm

Hare Krishna Friends,

There are three modes of nature, goodness, passion and ignorance, under whose influence this entire material world functions. Things are created in passion, maintained under the influence of goodness, and destroyed by ignorance. Passion is very pleasing initially, but after some time brings distress and suffering. Goodness is unpleasant initially, but later is actually joyful. And ignorance is trouble from beginning to end.

Modern day cities are under the influence of passio

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Why God Doesn't Force Us to Be Good?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:56pm

Question: Why God Doesn't Force Us to Be Good?

I firmly believe that God is everywhere and that without Him we cannot do anything. He will just show us two paths in life: good and bad and leave the choice to us. It is we who decide which one to take for the rest of our life. Even when we take the wrong path, why does not He prevent us at the very first time? I always have this doubt and now I found a platform for clarifying it. Kindly clear my doubts. Malini

Answer: He Can't Exchange Love with a Ro

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As soon as birth is taken, maya is there!

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:54pm

tad asma-saram hrdayam batedam
yad grhyamanair hari-nama-dheyaih
na vikriyetatha yada vikaro
netre jalam gatra-ruhesu harsah

"Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of chanting the
holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when ecstasy
takes place and tears fill the eyes and hairs stand on end."

Tad asma-saram hrdayam batedam. So just like stone or steel does not
melt very easily, similarly, anyone's heart which does not change
after chanting Hare Krsna mantra regularly, the

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How can one become a devotee?

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:54pm

Bhagavad-gita is understood by devotee. He may be illiterate. It
doesn't matter. As Caitanya Mahaprabhu certified the illiterate
brahmana who was reading Bhagavad-gita in Ranganatha temple.

The brahmana was illiterate. His guru ordered him that "You read
Bhagavad-gita daily, eighteen chapters." So he could not refuse the
order of guru maharaja; so he was taking the book and simply seeing.
So those who knew that he was illiterate, they were criticizing,
"Well, brahmana, how you are reading Bhagavad-gita

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 27

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:54pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 27
suta uvaca
sa upamantrito rajna
kathayam iti sat-pateh
brahmarato bhrsam prito
visnuratena samsadi

sutah uvaca -- Srila Suta Gosvami said; sah -- he (Sukadeva Gosvami); upamantritah -- thus being inquired; rajna -- by the King; kathayam -- in the topics; iti -- thus; sat-pateh -- of the highest truth; brahma-ratah -- Sukadeva Gosvami; bhrsam -- very much; pritah -- pleased; visnu-ratena -- by Maharaja Pariksit; samsadi -- in the meeting.

TRANSLATION
Suta Gos

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 26

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:52pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 26
na me 'savah parayanti
brahmann anasanad ami
pibato 'cyuta-piyusam
tad vakyabdhi-vinihsrtam

na -- never; me -- mine; asavah -- life; parayanti -- becomes exhausted; brahman -- O learned brahmana; anasanat ami -- because of fasting; pibatah -- because of my drinking; acyuta -- of the infallible; piyusam -- nectar; tat -- your; vakya-abdhi -- ocean of speech; vinihsrtam -- flowing down from.

TRANSLATION
O learned brahmana, because of my drinking the nectar of

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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 2

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:52pm

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 25
atra pramanam hi bhavan
paramesthi yathatma-bhuh
apare canutisthanti
purvesam purva-jaih krtam

atra -- in this matter; pramanam -- evidential facts; hi -- certainly; bhavan -- yourself; paramesthi -- Brahma, the creator of the universe; yatha -- as; atma-bhuh -- born directly from the Lord; apare -- others; ca -- only; anutisthanti -- just to follow; purvesam -- as a matter of custom; purva-jaih -- knowledge suggested by a previous philosopher; krtam -- h

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Wife should be faithful

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:51pm

Wife should be faithful

As I gave Srila Prabhupada his massage this evening he told me about proper marital relations, especially the need for the wife to be faithful. He has been working steadily on his translation and commentaries of the Ninth Canto, and he told me a story from the third chapter illustrating the ideal attitude a woman should have toward her husband.

He said that Sukanya was a beautiful young princess, who by circumstance had to marry an extremely old Cyavana Muni. I was massagin

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - We are not capable of chanting sixty four rounds

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:51pm

We are not capable of chanting sixty four rounds

Complaints about Nitai dasa have been increasing daily. Apparently, he has been telling the devotees that it is not possible to go back to Godhead in this life unless one chants 100,000 names of Krsna (about sixty-four rounds) every day. He has been claiming that if one only chants sixteen rounds, it will take many births. Many devotees are affected by this nonsense, which Nitai got from some "advanced devotee" in Govardhana.

Prabhupada said he has

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Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Every animal in spiritual world

Posted by Saci Gaurasundara Dasa on December 30, 2010 at 1:50pm

Every animal in spiritual world

Harikesa recalled that last year the monkeys in Seva-kunja had attacked Upendra, snatching his prasadam and biting him in the leg.

Prabhupada was a bit surprised "Achha?" Then he said that previously the government was capturing the monkeys in Vrndavana and selling them at a good price for medical purposes in Europe, until people protested. "The monkey's hormone is injected or replaced so one regains his sex power," he said. "They are very sexually strong."

Harikesa

"COMING SOON GOSHALA IN INDORE TEMPLE" At length.

Posted by keshav jha on December 30, 2010 at 1:44pm

"COMING SOON GOSHALA IN INDORE TEMPLE" At length. The matter of delight has been appeared, All the devotees of Indore are at peak of joy. Isckon youth forum of our city is planning to trigger up the ‘GOSHALA’ , Cows would be served & treated like one’s own mother. strive hard to please shri Krishna , because he is mentioned as “Gou Brahmin vatsal” means he is merciful at Cows & Brahmin .

How to Feed the Good Dog? – Radhanath Swami

Posted by Mahendra on December 30, 2010 at 12:10pm

We have often given the example of the good dog and the bad dog. Krishna tells in Bhagavad Gita that there is a divine nature and there is a demonic nature in all of us. The good dog is humility, charity, knowledge of the self, compassion, morality,generosity, etc. And the bad dog is greed, lust, envy, anger,arrogance, selfishness, etc. We have both dogs within us and they areboth howling for food. What is the food? The decision we make of whichvoice within the mind we are going to accommodate.

Radhanath Swami on Real Love

Posted by Mahendra on December 30, 2010 at 12:09pm

We often mistake temporary pleasures of this world to be love. This mistaking of temporary sensations of the world lies at the very core of human conditioning. These flickering sensations are like a mirage. A person who is in the desert is searching desperately for an oasis ofwater. And in that desperation, due tolonging and hopefulness, sometimes a mirage appears. It appears thatthat mirage can quench his/her thirst, but all he/she gets is amouthful of hot sand.

So what is real love? In order to

Happy & KC 2011

Posted by Chitra Datta on December 30, 2010 at 11:42am

DEAR DEVOTEES,

WISH YOU ALL "A HAPPY & KRISHNA CONSCIOUS NEW YEAR.' THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION.

HARI BOL,

YS,

CINTAMANI SAKHI devi dasi

Our Eternal & Supreme Father

Posted by Chitra Datta on December 30, 2010 at 11:35am

"Although God has no parents as He is eternal and is the father of everyone, yet He can agree to become someone's child - have a little baby form and a devotee to serve Him as a parent. As a parent, the parents think that they are bigger than the child.

The parents always want to protect the child. Even though Krishna is the Supreme protector of everyone. His parents always think, "I have to protect Krishna. If I don't protect Krishna, some danger will befall Krishna."

So the parents a

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Happy New Year to all the vaisanavas

S I N C E R I T Y

Temple means an opportunity

That is the philosophy

Why Does the Gita Encourage Violence?

Modern day cities ...

Why God Doesn't Force Us to Be Good?

As soon as birth is taken, maya is there!

How can one become a devotee?

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 27

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 26

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 8 Text 2

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Wife should be faithful

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - We are not capable of chanting sixty four rounds

Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Every animal in spiritual world

"COMING SOON GOSHALA IN INDORE TEMPLE" At length.

How to Feed the Good Dog? – Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami on Real Love

Happy & KC 2011

Our Eternal & Supreme Father

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