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aham bhavo yajna ime prajesa
daksadayo ye bhavad-adayas ca
svarloka-palah khagaloka-pala
nrloka-palas talaloka-palah
gandharva-vidyadhara-caranesa
ye yaksa-raksoraga-naga-nathah
ye va rsinam rsabhah pitrnam
daityendra-siddhesvara-danavendrah
anye ca ye preta-pisaca-bhuta-
kusmanda-yado-mrga-paksy-adhisah
yat kinca loke bhagavan mahasvad
ojah-sahasvad balavat ksamavat
sri-hri-vibhuty-atmavad adbhutarnam
tattvam param rupavad asva-rupam
aham -- myself (Brahmaji);
But Prabhupada told him, "No, why? Krsna book must be there, in the book must be there. But you should go gradually. You first of all understand Krsna, then Krsna-lila. If you have not understood Krsna, then you'll think Krsna's rasa-lila is just like we mix with young women, and that becomes as polluted. Because they do not u
Prabhupada took his walk on the roof again this morning. When Dr. Patel arrived, they sat for a while in the open air and discussed vairagya, detachment. Prabhupada told him that if one has bhakti, detachment automatically comes. "Now, 'I have got some bhakti and some material desire also.' That is not bhakti; that is markata-vairagya [monkey renunciation]. That does not mean that I shall stop bhakti. No, you take bhakti to the regulative principle, the
We discussed whether Srila Prabhupada should have a body guard, debating
Bell Is Mightier Than The Bomb!
"One time Prabhupada was saying that the 'BELL' of the priest in the temple, when he performs the arati ceremony ringing the bell, that bell is more powerful than the nuclear weapon...the atomic bomb, because the bomb will blow up people's bodies and destroy vegetation and will make a hole in the ground and everything. But the bomb doesn't change spiritually, the situation that's happening with any of those souls, with any of those spiritual beings! Again they stil
As I gave Prabhupada his massage on the balcony adjoining his bedroom he made some practical observations about it. "Where is the question of independence?" he asked. "We are all dependent at every step on Krsna's mercy. I
Dear Prabhujis and Matajis,
Hare Krishna. Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva.
This mail is in continuation of the offering on the topic "Lessons from the
Twenty-four Gurus" wherein we were meditating on the valuable lessons that were
learnt by the avadhuta brahmana from his various spiritual masters. In this mail
let us hear from avadhuta brahmana the lesson that he learnt from his next
spiritual master - Python. Interestingly the example of pyth
ISKCON Guyana last weekend celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their first installed Deities, Sri Sri Nitai Chaitanya Chandra, on September 11th and 12th at the Gaura Nitai Ashirvad Mandir, Crane Village, located two miles west of the capital city of Georgetown. The occasion was marked with a Ratha-yatra parade down the main public road, from Pouderoyen Village to the Hare Krishna Temple at Crane Old Road—through the thoroughfare that on every other day of the year is reserved for traffic and bus
"Every human in the world is a potential customer (for taking up Krishna Consciousness). There are no restrictions due to caste, color, creed, gender or age. Everyone is a potential customer. Whoever has the proper 'money' can buy the goods.
The currency is described as being the pure desire to serve the Lord. Any mixture with other motives create a counterfeit situation. Counterfeit money means that when the customer chants the holy name of Krishna, he will not be able
ALONE IN BODY
BUT NOT IN SPIRITS
I guess everyone is born with fear. It taps at your shoulder at every every step of your life. It intensifies and grips you tighter if you weak, diseased or helpless. Loneliness gobbles you up and the heart stops seeing the dreams. Suddenly the signboard of ‘ NO THROUGHFARE’ blocks and halts the race of your life.
So was my case. Being a patient of ‘LIMB GIRDLE MYOPATHY’ fear gripped me at every step of my life. Ironically it was not the disease but the fear which
- આપણે જાણીએ છીએ પુરાણોમાં પણ ગાયને શ્રેષ્ઠ માનવામાં આવે છે. ગાય વિશે એવું પણ કહેવાય છે કે ગાયમાતામાં ૩૩ કરોડ દેવતાનો વાસ છે. આપણે તો ગાયનું મહત્વ જાણીએ છીએ સાથે વૈજ્ઞાનિક રીતે પણ ગાયના છાણ, દૂધ, મૂત્રનો ઉપયોગ ઘણી જગ્યાએ થાય છે.
- વૈજ્ઞાનિક સંશોધન અનુસાર ગાયના છાણાં કોલેરાનાં જંતુઓનો નાશ કરવાની શક્તિ છે.
- રશિયન વિજ્ઞાની શિરોવિચનું કહેવું છે કે ભારતીય કૂળની ગાયના દૂધમાં રેડિયોવિકીરણની રક્ષણ કરવાની સૌથી વધુ શક્તિ છે.
- ગાયની કરોડરજજુમાં સૂર્યકેતુ નાડી હોય છે. તે સૂર્યના પ્રકાશમાં જાગ્રત થાય છે અને પી
Krsna is running forward. His earrings are swinging on his cheeks. He is wearing pitambara, a yellow cloth. Yasoda has decorated her small child very beautifully. Krsna looks backwards, and seeing Yasoda coming to catch Him, runs again. Yasoda is very full-bodied, and as she is running, her body is trembling. Whosoever sees this becomes enchanted.
sthavara laksha-vimsati
krimayo rudra sankhyakat
prkshinam dasa-laksanam
trimsal-laksani paravah
catur laksani manusah
"There are 900,000 species living in the water. There are also 2,000,000 nonmoving entities such as trees and plants. There are 1.100,000 species of insects and reptiles and there are 1,000,000 species of birds. As far as animals are concerned there are 3,000,000 varieties and there are 400,000 human species." (Padma Purana)
SB 2.10.37-40: Brahma and his sons like D