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Story of Lord Krishna

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

Worshiping Govardhana Hill

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1. Once Lord Krsna saw the cowherd men busily arranging for a sacrifice to Indra. Being the omniscient Supersoul, the Supreme Lord Krsna already understood the situation, yet He still humbly inquired from the elders, headed by His father, Nanda Maharaja.

2. [Lord Krsna said:] My dear father, kindly explain to Me what this great endeavor of yours is all about. What is it meant to accomplish? If this is a ri
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Dharma defines the way of life to suffer the least in this world. But the four basic kinds of suffering - birth, disease, old age and death - we cannot avoid here because they are present in the whole material world. It can be seen as a penitentiary institution with various corrective groups with better or worse standard of life. To get from the third group into the first can be considered as a certain advancement but we are still imprisoned. Although there is a small group of prisoners who like
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Dharma?, Sanatana-Dharma?

Many people have heard of "Dharma," even the term "Sanatana Dharma" has become quite well known. But exactly what is Dharma? And what is Sanatana Dharma? I will attempt to explain in this post. I have extracted and summarized this from the introduction to Bhagavad-gita As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhuapda.

The Sanskrit word sanatana means "eternal" and the word dharma means "occupation." Therefore the term "Sanatana Dharma" can be taken to mean our eternal occupation.

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Importance of Garbhadhana Samskara:

importance of Garbhadhana Samskara:
If one is not purified by the process of the seed giving ceremony, or garbhadhana samskara he is immediately classified amongst the sudras because only the sudras do not undergo this purificatory process.
Krsna book, IIp.236
The pious seminal succession in the twice born families of the brahmanas and ksatriyas especially, as well as in the families of vaisyas also, must be kept very pure by the observation of the purificatory process (samksaras) beginning with ga
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Sri Guru Mahima

Sri Guru Mahima
(Glories of the Spiritual Master)
by Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura

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sri-guru-carana-padma, kebala-bhakati-sadma
bando mui sabadhana mate
jahara prasade bhai, e bhava tariya jai
krsna-prapti haya jaha hate

The lotus feet of the spiritual master are the abode of pure devotional service. I bow down to those lotus feet with great care and attention. My dear brother (my dear mind)! It is through the grace of the spiritual master that we cross over this material existence and obtain Krsna.(1)

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24 Hour Kirtan at New Gokula


On the final day of World Holy Name Festival, coinciding with HG Aindra Prabhu's 108 Hour Memorial
Kirtan, New Gokula Farm in the Hunter Valley, Australia, will be hosting a Maha 24 Hour Kirtan Festival. The event is held over a long weekend during school and university spring holidays. The program kicks off at 6 pm on Saturday, October 2nd and runs through til 7 pm on Sunday, October 3rd (extra hour due to daylight saving change). This festival requires months of ongoing organization and prepar

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Learning to love

Learning to love

Contamination from sinful activity requires proportionate atonement. That is the prescription of the scriptures. Śukadeva Gosvāmī says that if one accepts atonement before death, in his next life he will not fall down. If he does not atone, he willcarry with him the resultant reactions of his sinful activities and will haveto suffer. According to law, if a man kills someone he must himself bekilled. The idea of a life for a life is not a very new concept but can befound in the Ma

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Process of devotional service

athāto bhakti vyākhyāsyāma

SYNONYMS

atha—now; ata—therefore; bhaktim—devotional service; vyākhyāsyāma—we shall try to explain.

TRANSLATION

Now, therefore, I will try to explain the process of devotional service.

PURPORT

Devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā,where the Lord says that a self-realized person is always in the transcendental state known asbrahma-bhūta, which is characterized by joyfulness. When one is self-realized he becomes joyful.

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People always criticize

Once Lord Shiva was explaining one fact about the people in the material world to his wife Parvati. He said to her: "No matter what you do, people always criticize." Parvati became bewildered by hearing this. So to demonstrate this, he came on earth along with his wife, son and his bull by changing their identities. His wife and son were leading the bull and he was riding on the bull. When they passed through a small village, some of the townspeople yelled abuse, "Look at this selfish man taking
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sankalpa-vikalpa

Nandarani asked about sankalpa-vikalpa. "This is there as long as we have our independence, though. Even as devotees, that accepting and rejecting? That is there even in devotees."

"Because a non-devotee has become a devotee," Prabhupada replied, "he is practicing how to simply accept Krsna's orders. But by his previous habit he's still engaged in 'Do it' and 'Don't do it.' Just like this fan is running. You take out the switch, the current is stopped, but it's still running, at l
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 26
nama-dheyani mantras ca
daksinas ca vratani ca
devatanukramah kalpah
sankalpas tantram eva ca


nama-dheyani -- invoking the names of the demigods; mantrah -- specific hymns to offer to a particular demigod; ca -- also; daksinah -- reward; ca -- and; vratani -- vows; ca -- and; devata-anukramah -- one demigod after another; kalpah -- the specific scripture; sankalpah -- the specific purpose; tantram -- a particular process; eva -- as they are; ca -- also.


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The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple


August 4, 2009 by srila-prabhupada


Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu washed and cleansed the Gundica temple with His devotees and associates. In this way
He made the temple as cool and bright as His own heart, and thus He made the
place befitting for Lord Sri Krsna to sit.


The Gundica temple is situated two miles northeast of the Jagannatha temple. At the time of the Ratha-yatra
festival, Lord Jagannatha goes to the Gundica temple from His original temple
and stays there

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The Story Of Vrinda DeviPart 5

He is very energetic and no one can compare with him in strength. While living in Goloka, he was very attracted to you and wanted to marry you. But because he feared Radharani, he did not make any overtures.
"Just as you are a jatismara--that is, one who knows her previousbirths--Sankhacuda also is. Remembering his past desire to be close to you, hehas performed severe austerities to obtain you as his wife. I now wish to granthis desire. Therefore, O beautiful one, please agree to wed him. Howev

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Definition of "Prabhu"

Srila Prabhupada:

"You should not just use it mechanically; you should meaningfully apply it."

"Yes, to call one another "Prabhu" is all right, but not to become prabhu. To accept others as prabhu, and remain as servant is the idea. But because somebody is calling you "Prabhu", one should not become a prabhu and treat others as servants. In other words, every one should feel himself as servant, and not to think himself prabhu because he is being called "Prabhu". This will make the relationship con

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O LORD KRISHNA,.......

O young cowherd boy! O ocean of mercy! O husband of Lakshmi, the ocean's daughter! O killer of Kamsa! O merciful benefactor of Gajendra! O Mädhava! O younger brother of Rama! O spiritual master of the three worlds! O lotus-eyed Lord of the gopis! I know no one greater than You. Please protect me.
(Mukunda-mala-stotra- Sutra 44-From Vedabase)

King Kulashekara's prayers are all addressed to the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His various expansions and incarnations. Sometimes he addresses Lord Nar

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Pavitraropana Ekadasi (20-08-10)

Pavitraropana Ekadasi


Shri Yudhisthira Maharaja said, “Oh Madhusudana, Oh killer of the Madhu demon, please be merciful to me and describe to me the EkAdasii that occurs during the light fortnight of the month of Shravana (July-August).” The Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, replied, “Yes, Oh king, I shall happily narrate its glories to you, for just by hearing about this sacred EkAdasii one attains the merit of performing a horse sacrifice.

“At the dawn of DvArpara-yuga there lived a king by the name of
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Destiny is the ultimate controller of everyone

Every man is certainly controlled by destiny, which determines the results of one's fruitive activities. In other words, one has a son or daughter because of unseen destiny, and when the son or daughter is no longer present, this also is due to unseen destiny. Destiny is the ultimate controller of everyone. One who knows this is never bewildered.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 10.5.30
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Giving God to everyone

Srila Prabhupada's capacity for speaking about Krsna seems as inexhaustible as the Lord Himself. This evening's darsana again extended over several hours. Although the formal morning classes have been brief, he is showering his mercy on the devotees through lengthy conversations. He is giving them ample opportunity to interact, answering all possible doubts, drawing out from them every objection to Krsna consciousness they might encounter, and defeating them with logic, sas
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Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 2 Chapter 6 Text 25
vastuny osadhayah sneha
rasa-loha-mrdo jalam
rco yajumsi samani
catur-hotram ca sattama


vastuni -- utensils; osadhayah -- grains; snehah -- clarified butter; rasa-loha-mrdah -- honey, gold and earth; jalam -- water; rcah -- the Rg Veda; yajumsi -- the Yajur Veda; samani -- the Sama Veda; catuh-hotram -- four persons conducting the performance; ca -- all these; sattama -- O most pious one.


TRANSLATION
Other requirements are utensils, grains, clarified butter
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Srila Prabhupada's quotes.


Srila Prabhupada's quotes.

27 July, 1973
Bhaktivedanta Manor
Letter to Karandhara

"So, everything is already there but it is now mixed up, we want to bring the whole world in to order by giving the right directions to all classes of men. Right direction means, to deliver the instructions of Krishna, and because Krishna is perfect, if you present this knowledge anywhere it will automatically defeat all the existing concocted hodge-podge ideas congesting the feeble brains of so-called scientist, ph

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