HOW CAN WE PROVE : “GOD DOES HAVE A FORM”?
Hare Krishna Prabhuji... Please Accept My Humble Obeisances Unto Your Holy Feet...
With whatever little knowledge I am acquiring by washing my feet with the waves, coming from the Ocean of ISKCON (under the guidance of my Counselor Shri Adbhuta Gauranga Das (Anand) Prabhuji of Hyderabad), I am sharing my Spiritual Realizations with you.
1) If all of us are the children of God and we have a form, how can ourSupreme Parent not have a form? Not only does G
There are two classes of men — namely the kṛpaṇa and the brāhmaṇa. A brāhmaṇa is one who knows Brahman, the Absolute Truth, and who thus knows his real interest. A kṛpaṇa, however, is one who has a material, bodily concept of life. Not knowing how to utilize his human or demigod life, a kṛpaṇa is attracted by things created by the material modes of nature. The kṛpaṇas, who always desire material benefits, are foolish, whereas brāhmaṇas, who always desire sp
A beautiful conversation between three Vaishnavas on How to develop Sincere Service Attitude and How Lord Krishna Reveals the Answer………
Devotee 1 : How to develop Sincere Service Attitude like you?
Devotee 2 : When I am not rendering any service at all, how can I answer your question?
Devotee 1 : Doing Great Service and feeling that you are Not doing anything itself is a Great Attitude, which I want to develop.
Devotee 2 : Keeps himself Silent, without making any comment.
Devotee 3 : Comments
Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Shaunaka Rishi Dasa, also an ISKCON devotee, has recently been appointed Hindu Chaplain to Oxford University, the first to take on such a role in the history of the famous 900-year-old school.
“It’s a sign of the times,” says Shaunaka Rishi, who hastens to add that the appointment was an organic process, and, in the tradition of the huge, corporation-like Oxford, rather complicated.Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Shaunaka Rishi Dasa,
Dear Devotees.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Here are two more stories, if you wish to read.
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The third incident took place in Tampere. We had been distributing the whole day with Tattvavada Prabhu (our beloved GBC). I wanted to distribute until eight P.M. but he had gone for sauna as it had been a cold day. The day was coming to a close, when I saw a couple in a car. They looked quite well-to do. I said they looked
Dear devotees.
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga! All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada!
Here are two stories from the previous Srila Prabhupada marathon. I feel they are small examples on how one can be close to Krsna while trying to serve Him by distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.
The whole marathon was very blissful and nice. There were about twelve of us distributing throughout the five weeks. Plus there were many congregational devotees
| February 18, 1486 | His birth in Sri Mayapura |
| August, 1486 | (age 6 months)ceremony of giving first grains, and ceremony of offering coins and the Srimad-Bhagavatam (in which he chose the Bhagavatam) |
| 1494 | (age 8) - He begins His schooling under Ganga Dasa Pandita |
| 1496 | (age 10) - He becomes a scholar; His brother Visva-rupa takes sannyasa |
| 1500 | (age 14) - He marries Srimati Laksmi-Priya |
| 1501 | Laksmi Priya died just after his 15th birthday and shortly after this he then marriedVisnu Priya |
| 1502 | (age 16) - Hestarts |
Scientists are increasingly becoming convinced that junk food can be just as physically addictive as street drugs like heroin.Devotee:
atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.26]
"If, however, you think that the soul is perpetually born and always dies, still you have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed."
Prabhupada:
atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
[Bg. 2.27]
So Krsna is putting forward the modern scientific view. The modern scientific view is that there is no soul. Life is generated from matter. By combinatio
Brother Hammer served as the chairman. The other members of the tool belt informed him that he must leave, because he was too noisy. But brother Hammer said, "If I have to leave this carpenter's shop, then
brother Gimlet must go too. He's insignificant and makes a very small
impression." (A gimlet is a small tool with a sc...rew point, grooved shank, and a cross handle for boring holes).
All the Holy Places are present where a Pure Saint is Present.
But everything is determined by our Receptivity.
Our receptivity is according to our humility, our gratitude & Eagerness.
Source: South India Yatra 2010
BEYOND YOGA MAYA
Today I had a WONDERFUL thing to share with you, which I am sure that whosoever reads that, their whole body will shiver with joy. Yes, really, whosever reads this mail, their body will definitely shiver with joy, I am very sure.
Daily morning, en-route from my home to office, I pass through a Mosque, hearing “Allaahaaaaaaa”, when hearing the sound from little far off (before reaching the Mosque), the sound “Allaaaa” used to come to my ear as “Hareeeeee” and I used to look left
Srila Prabhupada seems to be very conclusive and exacting as to which terms of
address he deems appropriate for ladies, and "sister" in whichever rendition is
not among them:
Lecture on SB 1.16.10 on January 7, 1974 in Los Angeles:
"From five years old, if a child is trained to call all woman as "Mother,"
naturally his culture is different. Because he has learned to call all woman as
"Mother." He has no other idea. A small child, any woman comes before him, he
knows "(S)He is my mother." So this was th
TORCH LIGHT
TEMPLE is like a Torch....that has a Bulb, Cell & a Switch.
Guru is like a Bulb that shows the Light....
God is like a Cell that Supplies Power to the Bulb (Guru)
Devotee is like a Switch....
Only when the Switch (Mind of the Devotee) is "ON", the Bulb(Guru) can show the Light.
Genuine Vs Hypocrite : An irresponsible leader can break the hearts and faith of his followers and raise suspicion even toward those who are genuine. What pain his hypocrisy caused to those who trusted him and just see what it has done to his own life. How essential it is to live what we believe. How vital it is to practice what we preach.”
Soul Vs Body : “It’s not the body that people love, but the soul. The body is a temporary vehicle. Without the soul, the body is like a car without a driver.
